Preadmission oral anticoagulant treatment and clinical outcome among patients hospitalized with acute stroke and atrial fibrillation: a nationwide study.

Johnsen, Søren Paaske; Svendsen, Marie Louise; Hansen, Morten Lock; Brandes, Axel; Mehnert, Frank; Husted, Steen Elkjær

Johnsen, Søren Paaske; Svendsen, Marie Louise; Hansen, Morten Lock; Brandes, Axel; Mehnert, Frank; Husted, Steen Elkjær.

Affiliation

Johnsen SP; From the Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark (S.P.J., M.L.S., F.M.); Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Hellerup, Denmark (M.L.H.); Department of Cardiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark (A.B.); and Department of Medicine, Regional Hospital West Jutland, Jutland, Denmark (S.E.H.).

Stroke ; 45(1): 168-75, 2014 Jan.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24281225

Subject(s)

Anticoagulants/therapeutic use; Atrial Fibrillation/complications; Atrial Fibrillation/drug therapy; Emergency Medical Services/methods; Stroke/complications; Stroke/drug therapy; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Denmark/epidemiology; Educational Status; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Hospitalization; Humans; Length of Stay; Male; Middle Aged; Phenprocoumon/therapeutic use; Population; Risk Factors; Stroke/mortality; Treatment Outcome; Warfarin/therapeutic use

Key words

atrial fibrillation; stroke

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Atrial Fibrillation / Stroke / Emergency Medical Services / Anticoagulants Type of study: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: En Journal: Stroke Year: 2014 Document type: Article

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